3 3 It's the story that got the NATION talking! A blind man---confronted on a flight! Passengers walking off in protest! but tonight we're have the part you haven't heard--- Because the woman sitting next to that blind man---- was from right here in pittsburgh. AND SHE SAW áEVERYTHINGá ACTION NEWS REPORTER KELLY BRENNAN-- WITH HER STORY-- ONLY ON FOUR. 3 3 3 SHE DOESN'T CALL HERSELF AN ACTIVIST OF ANY KIND - JUST SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO HELP.WE SAT WITH MARY ELKO COMFORT IN HER MONROEVILLE YOGA STUDIO TALKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED ON A U-S AIRWAYS FLIGHT LAST WEDNESDAY FROM PHILADELPHIA TO LONG ISLAND NEW YORK.SHE SAT NEXT TO ALBERT RIZZI ON THAT FLIGHT.HE LOST HIS VISION EIGHT YEARS AGO BECAUSE OF MENINGITIS.THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT ASKED RIZZI TO STOWE HIS GUIDE DOG DOXY UNDER THE SEAT - BUT WHERE HE WAS SITTING IN THE BACK ROW, HE DIDN'T HAVE A SEAT IN FRONT OF HIM. 3 3 MARY SAYS THE DOG ONLY CAME OUT TO PUT HIS HEAD BETWEEN ALBERT'S FEET - NEVER ROAMING THE AISLES.SHE SAYS THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT APPROACHED 2 MORE TIMES, NEVER OFFERING TO HELP, JUST BARKING THE SAME ORDERS. 3 45 MINUTES ON THE TARMAC - AND ALBERT WAS THEN ESCORTED OFF. 3 MINUTES LATER - THE NEARLY 30 PASSENGERS WALKED INTO THE TERMINAL BEHIND HIM SAYING THEY WOULDN'T FLY WITHOUT ALBERT AND DOXY. 3 REPORTING IN MONROEVILLE I'M KELLY BRENNAN CHANNEL 4 ACTION NEWS. 3 THE FLIGHT WAS CANCELED-- AND THE PASSENGERS WERE BUSSED TO LONG ISLAND. U-S AIRWAYS DID RELEASE A STATEMENT AFTER THE INCIDENT... SAYING QUOTE "MR.RIZZI BECAME DISRUPTIVE AND REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH CREW MEMBER INSTRUCTIONS WHEN THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT ASKED HIM TO SECURE HIS SERVICE DOG AT HIS FEET." THE AIRLINE IS REVIEWING HOW THE SITUATION WAS